Vladimir Haltakov is a student pursuing a BEng in Marine Technology with Honours in Naval Architecture at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the 2015/16 academic year, he studied 8 modules as part of the second stage of his degree programme. The modules covered topics in analytic methods, naval architecture, ship hydrodynamics, engineering applications, electrical engineering, and marine structures. Vladimir passed all of the modules on his first attempt, with marks ranging from 58 to 78. The university certified that he attended the course of study and achieved the results indicated.